Fortunately for trainer Ben Cecil, Celestial Kitten saves her best
for game day. The 3-year-old Kitten’s Joy filly shows little interest in
serious preparation for her races, preferring to save her best for race
day.

“She’s very lazy in the mornings,” said Cecil, who supervised a
bullet 1:14 2/5 turf drill for six furlongs on Oct. 2. “I wouldn’t tell
you it was the prettiest work,” he said. “She never does anything in the
mornings, but she seems to wake up in a race.

“When I worked her between the San Clemente and the Del Mar Oaks,
she didn’t show me anything. But she ran all right in the Del Mar Oaks
(fifth, beaten three lengths). It seems to be when there are horses
around (her), she does wake up. She conserves herself.”